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US7360568B2
US7360568B2 US11/044,584 US4458405A US7360568B2 US 7360568 B2 US7360568 B2 US 7360568B2 US 4458405 A US4458405 A US 4458405A US 7360568 B2 US7360568 B2 US 7360568B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C11/00—Tyre tread bands; Tread patterns; Anti-skid inserts
    • B60C11/03—Tread patterns
    • B60C11/04—Tread patterns in which the raised area of the pattern consists only of continuous circumferential ribs, e.g. zig-zag
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    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C11/00—Tyre tread bands; Tread patterns; Anti-skid inserts
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    • B60C11/00—Tyre tread bands; Tread patterns; Anti-skid inserts
    • B60C11/03—Tread patterns
    • B60C11/12—Tread patterns characterised by the use of narrow slits or incisions, e.g. sipes
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    • B60C11/00—Tyre tread bands; Tread patterns; Anti-skid inserts
    • B60C11/03—Tread patterns
    • B60C11/12—Tread patterns characterised by the use of narrow slits or incisions, e.g. sipes
    • B60C11/1272—Width of the sipe
    • B60C11/1281—Width of the sipe different within the same sipe, i.e. enlarged width portion at sipe bottom or along its length
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C11/00—Tyre tread bands; Tread patterns; Anti-skid inserts
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    • B60C2011/0337—Tread patterns characterised by particular design features of the pattern
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    • B60C2011/0381—Blind or isolated grooves
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    • B60C11/00—Tyre tread bands; Tread patterns; Anti-skid inserts
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    • B60C11/12—Tread patterns characterised by the use of narrow slits or incisions, e.g. sipes
    • B60C11/1236—Tread patterns characterised by the use of narrow slits or incisions, e.g. sipes with special arrangements in the tread pattern
    • B60C2011/1254—Tread patterns characterised by the use of narrow slits or incisions, e.g. sipes with special arrangements in the tread pattern with closed sipe, i.e. not extending to a groove
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S152/00—Resilient tires and wheels
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  • the present application is directed to a motor vehicle tire, and more particularly, to a motor vehicle tire that has narrowing sipes that extend from a groove in the tire tread into a rib or shaped block in the tire tread.
  • Many motor vehicle tires have a circumferential tread provided with a plurality of circumferential grooves that define ribs therebetween.
  • generally lateral slots can be provided in the ribs to form a plurality of shaped blocks.
  • These shaped blocks can be distributed along the tread according to a specific pattern.
  • Sipes which are generally narrow slits cut into the tread, can be provided in the shaped blocks in a specific pattern.
  • the shaped blocks are typically distributed in several side by side rows.
  • a proper distribution of the shaped blocks gives the tire the desired characteristics of directional control stability and road gripping in relation to the sidewise thrusts directed parallel to the wheel axis.
  • the lateral slots give the tire the desired road traction, that is the capability of efficiently transmitting tangential thrusts parallel to the running direction during speeding up and slowing down of the vehicle.
  • the traction of the tire tends to become greater as the number of the lateral slots arranged in the tread increases and the orientation of the slots themselves approach an orientation that is perpendicular to the running direction of the tire.
  • the circumferential grooves and lateral slots cooperate in performing an efficient draining action of water from the tread pattern area of the tire during running on a wet road bed.
  • the sipes if present in the shaped blocks, can improve wet traction of the tire as well as snow and ice traction.
  • the presence of the longitudinal grooves and lateral slots causes the well known effect of noise produced by a rolling tire.
  • One type of noise known as organ pipe noise, is a consequence of the circumferential grooves that become active in the contact patch of the tire.
  • a pressurized air column is formed in the circumferential grooves between the ground contact portion of the tire and the road surface, and this produces sound as a consequence of the resonance of the air column.
  • the wavelength of the sound is substantially constant and is independent of the speed of the tire.
  • sizzle noise can be generated by the rubbing of the parallel walls of the sipes when shaped blocks deform as they impact the road bed.
  • the present application is directed to a tire including a circumferential tread configured with at least one rib bound by at least one groove.
  • the rib has a plurality of sipes that extend from the groove into the rib wherein one or more of the sipes narrow in a direction from the groove into the rib.
  • the present application is directed to a tire including a circumferential tread provided with at least one circumferential groove adjacent at least one circumferential rib.
  • the rib has a first edge portion adjacent the groove, a second edge portion opposite the first edge portion, and an inner portion disposed therebetween.
  • the rib also includes a plurality of sipes that extend from the first edge portion of the rib into the inner portion of the rib wherein at least some of the sipes have a width that decreases in size towards the inner portion of the rib.
  • the present application is directed to a tire tread including multiple spaced-apart circumferential grooves configured to divide the tread into multiple circumferential ribs.
  • Each rib has a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart sipes that extend from an adjacent groove into the rib wherein the sipes decrease in size towards the rib.
  • the present application is directed to a method of suppressing tire rotation noise in a tire having a tread configured with at least one circumferential rib bound by at least one circumferential groove.
  • the method includes the step of providing a plurality of sipes in the rib, the sipes extending from the groove into the rib and decreasing in width towards the rib.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a tire 100 having narrowing sipes.
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the tread 110 of the tire 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an exploded view of a portion of the tread 110 of the tire 100 illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • Axial and “axially,” as used herein, refer to a direction that is parallel to the axis of rotation of a tire.
  • “Circumferential” and “circumferentially,” as used herein, refer to a direction extending along the perimeter of the surface of the annular tread perpendicular to the axial direction.
  • “Groove,” as used herein, refers to an elongated void area in the tread of the tire that extends circumferentially in a straight, curved or zig-zag manner.
  • “Lateral,” as used herein, refers to a direction along the tread of the tire going from one sidewall of a tire to the other sidewall.
  • Ring and radially refer to a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation of a tire.
  • “Sipe,” as used herein, refers to a thin slit formed in the surface of the tread that may extend laterally, circumferentially, or at an acute angle relative to the circumferential direction of the tire.
  • a sipe can have a depth that is up to 100% of the maximum depth of a groove formed in the tire.
  • “Sidewall,” as used herein, refers to that portion of the tire between the tread and the bead.
  • Thread refers to that portion of the tire that comes into contact with the road under normal inflation and load.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 Illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 are perspective and fragmentary plan views, respectively, of one embodiment of a tire 100 configured with narrowing sipes, which will be discussed in further detail below.
  • the tire 100 includes a ground contacting tread 110 extending circumferentially around the tire 100 .
  • the tread 110 has a pair of lateral edge portions 120 , each of which are flanked by a shoulder region 130 that extends radially inwardly to a sidewall 140 .
  • Each sidewall 140 terminates at its radially inner end in a bead portion 150 utilized for fitting the tire onto a rim.
  • the tread 110 is provided with a plurality of grooves 160 a - d that extend circumferentially around tire 100 and divide the tread 110 into axially spaced-apart circumferential ribs 170 a - e . It will be appreciated that the tread 110 can be configured with one or more grooves and ribs depending on the desired tread pattern and performance characteristics.
  • one or more of the grooves 160 a - d can have a substantially constant or uniform cross-section around the circumference of tire 100 .
  • the cross-section of the grooves 160 a - d can be generally rectangular shaped around the entire circumference of the tire 100 .
  • one or more of the grooves 160 a - d can take the form of other substantially constant cross-sectional shapes such as square, triangular, semi-circular or another geometrical shape.
  • one or more of the grooves 160 a - d can have a variable cross-section that extends around the circumference of the tire 100 .
  • the cross-section of one or more of the grooves 160 a - d can include alternating wide and narrow portions (not shown) along its circumference.
  • the ribs 170 a - e can be provided with a plurality of sipes 180 that extend into at least a portion of the ribs 170 a - e .
  • the sipes 180 are in communication with the grooves 160 a - d .
  • the tire 100 may include sipes that are not in communication with one or more of the grooves 160 a - d .
  • sipes 180 are depicted on each of the ribs 170 a - e , it will be appreciated that one or more of the ribs 170 a - e may be provided without sipes 180 .
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded plan view of a portion of the tread 110 of the tire 100 depicted in FIG. 2 that illustrates the sipes 180 provided in the rib 170 c in greater detail.
  • the rib 170 c includes a first edge portion 310 adjacent the groove 160 b , a second edge portion 320 adjacent the groove 160 c , and an inner portion 330 disposed therebetween.
  • Sipes 180 are provided in the rib 170 c along the first edge portion 310 of the rib 170 c such that they extend from the groove 160 b into the inner portion 330 of the rib 170 c .
  • sipes 180 are provided in the rib 170 c along the second edge portion 320 of the rib 170 c such that they extend from the groove 160 c into the inner portion 330 of the rib 170 c .
  • Each sipe 180 includes a first end portion 340 that communicates with the groove 160 b and a second end portion 350 that is provided in the inner portion 330 of the rib 170 c . It will be appreciated that the sipes may be provided on only one edge portion of one or more of the ribs 170 a - e.
  • one or more of the sipes 180 are dimensioned such that they narrow in a direction from the grooves 160 b,c into the rib 170 c .
  • one or more of the sipes 180 have a width that decreases in size towards the rib 170 c .
  • the width W 1 of the first end portion 340 of the sipe 180 i.e., the portion of the sipe 180 adjacent the groove
  • the width W 2 of the second end portion 350 of the sipe 180 may hereafter be referred to as “narrowing sipes.”
  • the first end portions 340 of the narrowing sipes 180 which are in communication with one or more of the grooves 160 a - d , serve as guides to direct pressure waves that form in the grooves 160 a - d into the narrowing sipes 180 .
  • some (if not all) of the pressure waves become trapped. By trapping the pressure waves in the narrowing sipes 180 , the pressure waves are attenuated, thereby reducing or even eliminating organ pipe noise.
  • the narrowing sipes 180 reduce or eliminate sizzle noise. Since the walls of one or more of the narrowing sipes 180 are not oriented parallel to each other (i.e., at least one of the walls is oriented at an acute angle relative to an adjacent groove), rubbing of the walls of the narrowing sipes 180 is reduced or even eliminated.
  • the greater the ratio between the width W 1 of the first end portion 340 and the width W 2 of the second end portion 350 of the narrowing sipe 180 the greater the suppression or reduction of organ pipe and sizzle noise.
  • the widths of the narrowing sipes 180 can be dimensioned accordingly to achieve the desired noise reduction levels.
  • the ratio between the width W 1 of the first end portion 340 and the width W 2 of the second end portion 350 of the sipe 180 can be at least 2:1. It will be appreciated, however, that the ratio can be less than 2:1.
  • the narrowing sipes 180 are spaced-apart from each other around the circumference of one or more of the ribs 170 a - e at a predetermined pitch P.
  • the larger the pitch P the greater the suppression of organ pipe noise due to the increase in number of pressure wave attenuators provided in one or more of the ribs 170 a - e .
  • the pitch P of the narrowing sipes 180 can be dimensioned accordingly to achieve the desired noise reduction levels.
  • the predetermined pitch P can be less than about five times the largest width of the narrowing sipes 180 .
  • sipes to a rib or shaped block improves the wet traction of a tire.
  • the sipes present multiple “edges” to the wet surface. These edges can cut through water, thereby gripping the pavement.
  • the more sipes provided in a rib or shaped block the greater the circumferential edge density of the tire, which results in improved wet traction of the tire.
  • sipes that extend from a groove into an adjacent rib or shaped block further improve the wet traction of a tire. For example, because sipes are relatively thin, water is drawn inside them by capillary action that assists in drying the wet road.
  • the narrowing sipes 180 improve wet traction of the tire 100 in the same manner as described above.
  • sipes provided in a rib or shaped block also improve snow and ice traction of a tire.
  • sipes act as fingers to grip the snow and ice, thereby improving traction of the tire.
  • the number of fingers are increased, thereby increasing snow and ice traction.
  • the narrowing sipes 180 improve snow and ice traction of the tire 100 in the same manner as described above.
  • one or more of the narrowing sipes 180 has a substantially trapezoidal configuration as shown in FIG. 3 .
  • the substantially trapezoidal configuration includes a major base 360 communicating with the groove 160 b and a minor base 370 provided in the inner portion 330 of the rib 170 c .
  • the narrowing sipes 180 can have other configurations in which their widths decrease in size such as a triangular configuration with a sharp or rounded apex provided in the inner portion 330 of the rib 170 c.
  • one or more of the narrowing sipes 180 has a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to a circumferential direction C of the tire 100 .
  • the narrowing sipes 180 can have a longitudinal axis A that is oriented substantially perpendicular to the circumferential direction of the tire 100 as shown in FIG. 3 .
  • one or more of the narrowing sipes 180 can be oriented at an acute angle of less than 90 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire. Generally, as the angle of the narrowing sipe 180 increases, the snow traction of the tire 100 decreases.
  • the length L of the narrowing sipes 180 can be varied to achieve a desired pattern.
  • the lengths of the narrowing sipes 180 can be incrementally increased in a circumferential direction of the tire 100 along a portion of the ribs 170 a - e , thereby forming a sub-pattern S.
  • the sub-pattern S can be repeated as shown in FIG. 2 to form a zigzag pattern in the tread 110 .

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